BORN HULL 1893. STEP SON OF JOSEPH AND ANN HOLMES. HE WAS SAILING FROM IMMINGHAM TO PORT HARBOUR. WENT ASHORE WITH HIS CREW AND WAS ‘ACCIDENTALLY SHOT’ IN THE HEAD BY POLICE FOLLOWING SOME DISPUTE. HE DIED INTANTLY AND WAS BURIED AT PORT ARTHUR AGED 21. THE INQUIRY FOLLOWING HIS DEATH WAS INCONCLUSIVE. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILI MAIL WITH HIS PHOTO ON 4TH NOVEMBER 1915. * HIS UNTIMELY DEATH CAUSED GREAT REGRET AMONGST HIS CREW MATES. HE WAS STATED TO BE “HARD WORKING AND ATTENTIVE TO HIS DUTIES.”
First name:
NELSON
Regiment:
Rank:
Steward
Date Died
14/11/1914
Place died:
port arthur
Age:
21
